Long Kentucky letters from a former Winthrop teacher
A serialized reminiscence by Miss Greenwood about a year in Knott and Floyd Counties Kentucky. She describes mountaineer life, quirky expressions, local travel by horse and jolt wagon, community progress in Langley Maytown, and plans to establish a high school while detailing landscape, towns, and people encountered. (To be continued next week).
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Review
Winthrop
Winthrop Review
Mass
Ditor
Kentucky
Martha
Bertha Downing
Bish
Knott County
United States
Lloyd
Jesse James
Jim Bets
Wilson Creek
Turkey Creek
How Man Spoils the Air Breathing Wasteful Outdoor Use
The article argues that human respiration pollutes air, claiming a person spoils at least a gallon of fresh air per minute. It states eight hours of breathing in a sealed seven by seven by seven foot room would suffocate and poison occupants, converting all air to poison within a day.
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Floyd
Advice on marriage from a married man in Wayside Tales
A married man urges George to marry describing home life, gardening, a dog, children, and a wife as inspiring though he notes suspicion may arise. The bachelor contemplates changing his status, wondering if he can be like the married man.
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George
St.aight
John Raymond Reveals Identity to Worried Mother
Mrs. Raymond seeks her son Johnnie, once the office boy at Jones Allan & Company, now the sharp eyed John Raymond in the law offices. A neighbor recalls his neglectful habits and poor prospects, while the newly revealed figure reassures her with calm courtesy.
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Johnnie
Elmer
Alfred
Jones, Allan & Company
Mrs. Hurst
Johnnie Raymond
John Raymond
Tie Too Loud Slogan Sparks Festive Conversation
In a retail scene a sign proclaims a scarf is the smile in a man's dress while a shopper jokes that the bright tie is a scream, highlighting holiday fashion banter. The exchange captures lighthearted humor at a counter.
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Hub
Besten
River’s Peculiar Movement on Colville River
Robert F. Wilson describes in St. Nicholas how the Colville River in Alaska lies high on its valley slope and slowly shifts toward the valley bottom. The river’s western bank erodes deeply while the eastern shore widens into a broad stony beach, evidencing a crustal tilt after the bed formed and a long attempt to reach its original level.
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Colville
Arctic Ocean
Robert F. Wilson
St. Nicholas
Theories on Oil Origin Debate Among Geologists
Geologists largely favor organic origin of petroleum evidenced by sedimentary occurrence, yet dispute whether it derives from animals or plants and which form. Inorganic theories propose deep formation by steam acting on carbides or volcanic exhalations, but field evidence is weak.
Illusion of Sleep Ends With Hidden Pill Button
A woman ill with influenza suffers insomnia. Her physician prescribes a tablet kept near her bed. She takes it in darkness and sleeps, waking refreshed. She later notices a missing porcelain button that had sat beside the tablet, illustrating faith and imagination.
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New York Times
Good in Useful Employment in Dallas News
The piece extols happiness found in useful work and simple tasks. It cites Cicinnatus returning to farming and values companionship with nature. It contrasts idle people with productive labor and laments those with nothing to do.
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Cincinnatus
Dallas News
False Economy in Roofing Nails Warns of Shingle Failure
Arthur Newton Pack notes in the American Forestry Magazine that using steel wire nails rather than 3% to 4% galvanized cut iron nails risks rust, shingles buckling, warping, and flying pieces in a fire. He argues for longer lasting nails to prevent property damage.
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Arthur Newton Pack
American Forestry Magazine
Washington
Hatbands Through English Hat Fashion History
The article traces headwear from the hood and long tippet in Plantagenet England to Henry VIII era hats. It notes hat bands replacing the hood and tippet as the primary adornment, with early bands broader and later narrowing to the modern mourning bands. It imagines period attire on Broad Way or Main Street.
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England
Broadway
Main Street
Worthlessness and the curses of leisure in life
A Dallas News quotation argues leisure as rust and a slow death, urging useful work through life. It suggests a man should have gardening or crafting outlets in later years based on his early pursuits to remain active and productive for family and neighbors.
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Dallas News
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Old
Beaver
Caney
Citizenship Club
McClure Mienstoet Brediakt
H.N. Bancs & Son
Ocean
Ocean 740
Winthrop Trade
Georce C. Schlicke
Pemberton Square
Boston
Cliff House
Winthrop Highlands
F. J. Bochterle
Mgr
Floyd Milk CO
Buchanan Street
Crane
Home Bakery
Catarrhi
Jou
the Willows
Shirley St
Winthrop Beach Sta. Ocean
Ida J. Grover
Tel
John Robert Vaughan
Waliagon Hve
Withro Beach
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